Ink-feeder for pens.



F. B. HINE.

INK FEEDER FOR PENS.

APPLICATION men FEB. e. 1915.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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FRANK BROOKS HIN E, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

INK-FEEDER FOR IPENS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1915. Serial No. 6,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. HINE, a citizen of the United States,-'and a resident of El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of Texas, have invented anew and Improved Ink-Feeder for Pens, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to writing pens and deals particularly with a fountain attachment applied to the hollow of the pen for retaining and feeding ink to the tip. of the pen, whereby a large number of words can be written with one dip of the pen into an ink well. 7

The invention has for its general objects to improve and simplify the construction of ink feeding devices for pens so as to be reliable and eflicient in use, comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and so designed that they can be applied to a pen holder of ordinary construction and admit of the pen beingapplied or removed without the attachment interfering.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an ink feeding device which is made from a single piece of wire having'a base or anchor portion so shaped as to fit in a pen holder, and formed with a conical helical portion that lies within the hollow of the pen, and extending from this helix is a tip which is maintained in contact with the pen, whereby the ink feeds from the helix along the tip of the feeder to the tip of the pen.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing which illus trates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a pen holder and pen with the ink feeding attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the line 22, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end View of the pen and ink feeder; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one form of the attachment; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form.

Referring to the drawing, A designates an ordinary pen holder which has abore 1 that contains a barrel 2 between which and the wall of the bore is inserted in the usual manner a pen B. The attachment C is removablymounted in the pen holder and can be easily applied by a person of ordinary intelligence, as in fact the attachment is an article of manufacture which is capable of tions spaced apart, and at the apex of the helix is the other extremity 5 of the wire which forms a tip'that extends in the general direction of the axis of the helix but is disposed in line with one side'of the helix or coil so that the extremity or tip 5 will lie in contact with the under side of the pen when the attachment is applied to the pen holder, as shown in Fig. 1. The loop 3 forms the attaching part of the ink feeder and is adapted to enter the slot 6 of the pen holder barrel 2. The slot 6 is usually provided in the barrel t6 provide resiliency therefor, whereby the pen B can be readily inserted in the pen holder and still be firmly gripped. The loop 3 lies in a plane to one side of the axis of the helix and in line with thatside opposite from the side ofthe helix in which the tip 5 lies, so that by this construction the helix is in close proximity to the under side of the pen B, although contact of the helix with the pen is unessential, as it is only important that the tip 5 of the feeder be in contact with the pen- In use the helix holds a large mass of ink by the latter adhering to the convolutions of the helix, and this ink feeds gradually to the pen point by means of the tip 5 of the feeder, and the adhesion of the ink to the helix prevents the ink from running down too freely. As the attachment has no connection with the pen but is merely in contact therewith the pen can be readily removed from the holder A and a new pen inserted whenever desired. In the device shown in Fig. 4 the side members 7 and 8 of the loop 3 are relatively resilient, since the extremity 9 of the wire is not connected with the member 8, and by reason of this the members 7 and 8 of the loop can spring Patented Aug. 3,1915.

connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a pen holder having a bore at one end and a pen holding barrel therein, and a pen disposed in the pen holder, with an ink-feeding device madeof a single piece of wire and formed into a loop anchored within the barrel of the pen holder and formed with a helix connected with the'loop and disposed within the hollow of the pen, and a longitudinally extending tip on the end of the helix and bearing against the under side of the pen adjacent the tip thereof.

2. An ink retaining and feeding attachment for a pen holder and pen, comprising a single piece of wire bent into an elongated attaching loop, a helix connected with the loop, and a longitudinally-extending tip on the end of the helix opposite from the loop.

3. An ink retaining and feeding attachment for a pen holder and pen, comprising a single piece of wire having one extremity bent into an attaching portion, a helix connected with the attaching portion, and a tip formed by the other end of the wire and extending longitudinally from the end of the helix opposite from the attaching portion, the said tip being eccentric to the axis of the helix and flush with the convolutions of the latter at one side, whereby'the tip throughout its length and the convolutions of the helix will be in contact with the under side of the pen.

4. An ink feeding attachment of the class described, comprising a single piece of wire bent at one end into an elongated loop and having an intermediate portion bent into a helix tapering away from the loop, and the other end of the wire extending longitudinally from the apex of the helix,

In testimony whereof I have signed my 7 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK BROOKS HINE. Witnesses:

SAILA ROBINSON, H. R. GAMBLE.

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